The track appears on the band’s debut album, The Balcony. The music video was released on May 14th, 2015, featuring Scottish actor Ewan McGregor.
Hourglass
Catfish and the Bottlemen Lyrics
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Dreams of you fucking me all the time
And I know your tied up
And I know your phone's fucked
I'm craving your calls like a soldier's wife
I wanna bring you home myself
Bring you home myself
Come back, move in, mess my place
Chest infect me, waste my days
'Cause I know you love to drive me up the wall
I know you love to drive me up the wall
I wanna bring you home myself
Bring you home myself
And I'm so impatient when you're not mine
I just want to catch up on all the lost times
And I'll say I'm sorry if I sound sordid
'Cause all I really ever want is you
Offer my hand and I'll take your name
Share my shower, kiss my frame
'Cause I wanna carry all of your children
And I wanna call them stupid shit
The lyrics of "Hourglass" by Catfish and The Bottlemen speak of the intense yearning and longing for the presence of a lover. The first stanza reveals the singer's difficulty in coping when his lover is absent, relapsing into a state of constant thoughts of her. The line "craving your calls like a soldier's wife" reveals how the singer's longing for his partner is nearly unbearable, comparable only to how spouses of soldiers in deployment wait for their partners' calls. In the next stanza, the singer escalates the pursuits of his desire, insisting on bringing his lover to his home and wreaking havoc on his life. He romanticizes the idea of his partner coming back to him, even though it invites chaos and turmoil in his otherwise mundane existence.
The chorus expresses the urgency and intensity of his love for his partner, unable to wait for every moment they miss due to their distance. In the final stanza, the singer pledges his devotion and willingness to merge their lives entirely, offering his hand in marriage and wanting to bear and name their children.
Overall, the song expresses a love so intense and all-encompassing that it verges on obsession. The lyrics portray the singer's desire to bring his love back to his life, regardless of the challenges and consequences it may entail.
Line by Line Meaning
You know when you're gone I struggle at night
I find it hard to cope with your absence during the night
Dreams of you fucking me all the time
I keep dreaming about us having sex
And I know your tied up
I understand you're busy
And I know your phone's fucked
I know your phone is malfunctioning
I'm craving your calls like a soldier's wife
I yearn for your calls just like a soldier's wife who waits for her husband's call
I wanna bring you home myself
I wish to personally bring you home
Come back, move in, mess my place
Return to me, move in, and make a mess of my place
Chest infect me, waste my days
Make me sick and waste my time
'Cause I know you love to drive me up the wall
Because I know you enjoy frustrating me
And I'm so impatient when you're not mine
I become extremely restless when you're not with me
I just want to catch up on all the lost times
I simply want to make up for the time we missed
And I'll say I'm sorry if I sound sordid
And I'll apologize if my desires sound immoral
'Cause all I really ever want is you
Because all I truly want is you
Offer my hand and I'll take your name
I'm willing to offer you my hand and take your name as a symbol of our commitment
Share my shower, kiss my frame
Let's take a shower together and kiss each other
'Cause I wanna carry all of your children
Because I want to bear all of your children
And I wanna call them stupid shit
And I want to give them ridiculous names
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: MATTHEW BLAKEWAY, ROBERT HALL, RYAN MCCANN, WILLIAM BIBBY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
yikes!
"I wanna carry all of your children and I wanna take them to a rave." Best line ever. Don't know why that didn't make the final cut lads.
Yellow St
"it's not even ethical" he says hahahah
blue pragya
all the weird times that this song starts playing in my head out of nowhere and how i can't get over "i wanna carry all of ur children and i wanna call them stupid shit"
softnlina
to be honest this looks like the beginning of a romantic comedy
...and i would watch the shit out of it.
Egenix52
Not having the full version of Ewan McGregor's cover somewhere is a war crime.
Like seriously, where is it ?
Seth Hugg
It's on Youtube! Search "ewan mcgregor catfish and the bottlemen" and it should be the top result, you're looking for a video that's 2:56
Egenix52
@Seth Hugg WHERE WERE YOU A YEAR AGO?!
Seriously though, thanks a bunch. It's a great cover as well!
Kate Thornhill
Can we actually appreciate how lovely Van looks in this video. Absolute angel.
Yue Qing
Their entire album is fucking gold
Lucinda Jones
Amazing! I'm big into music videos, and I absolutely LOVE how the music stops and starts and doesn;t control the video. It's like a little film, such a great story line. This is what music videos should be like!